Alison Gash chronicles same-sex adoption victories and how they were won:
Where marriage equality advocates had little choice but to engage in open political battles and bring high profile constitutional court cases on behalf of their fundamental rights, the fight for same-sex parental rights has mostly played out in obscure family courts, with few reporters present, and with advocates consciously delaying or avoiding high court review. This below-the-radar strategy created a foundation of “facts on the ground”—tens of thousands of intact gay and lesbian-headed families with children-well before most conservative activists were even aware the phenomenon existed, making their subsequent efforts to block same-sex parenting an uphill fight.
(Photo: Frank Martin Gill sits with his six-year-old foster son, known as N.R.G., after the Third District Court of Appeal in Miami ruled that Florida’s ban on gays adopting is unconstitutional on September 22, 2010 in Miami, Florida. By Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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